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Recording a Deed or Document in Johnson County, KS
Johnson County (population 609,863) records real-property documents through the Johnson County Register of Deeds (Treasury, Taxation and Vehicles). Below is what it costs and how to submit. Filing a memorandum of contract? We record it with the county for $199, notary included — no trip to the courthouse.
Johnson County recorder — contact
- Recording office
- Johnson County Register of Deeds (Treasury, Taxation and Vehicles)
- Mailing address
- 111 S. Cherry St., Suite 1900, Olathe, KS 66061
- Phone
- 913-715-0400 (Treasury, Taxation and Vehicles main line)
- Checks payable to
- Johnson County Register of Deeds
- Electronic recording
- Available via Simplifile
Johnson County recording fees
- First page / base fee
- $21.00 (includes Heritage Trust and Technology fund fees, deeds/mortgages, up to legal size 8.5x14)
- Additional pages
- $17.00 per additional page or fraction thereof
- Other fees
- Town plats $32/page; release/assignment of mortgage $20 first page + $4 addl page; each additional book/page listed $16; lien filings (K.S.A. 58-201) $17; Lis Pendens $5; Federal Tax Lien Notice/Release $32 each; certified copy fee $13; copies $0.25/page
Counties change fees without notice. Check with the Johnson County Register of Deeds (Treasury, Taxation and Vehicles) before you mail a check.
What Johnson County requires
- Page formatting
- Statutory KS recording requirements: original signatures/notarization, legible for reproduction, complete legal description; page not to exceed 8.5x14
- Cover sheet
- Not explicitly required per source reviewed; standard KS legal-size formatting, legible reproduction, notarization, and legal description required
- Submission & return
- Documents returned by mail/pickup after recording per standard KS practice
Can you e-record in Johnson County?
Yes. Johnson County accepts electronic recording through Simplifile, so a properly formatted document can be recorded the same or next business day without mailing paper.
How to record a document in Johnson County, Kansas
- Prepare the document so it meets Johnson County's formatting rules (above): legal description, grantee address, signature block, and the blank space the recorder reserves for its stamp.
- Notarize it if the instrument requires acknowledgment. Most deeds and affidavits do.
- Submit electronically through Simplifile, or by mail to Johnson County Register of Deeds (Treasury, Taxation and Vehicles).
- Pay the recording fee, payable to Johnson County Register of Deeds.
- Receive the recorded instrument back with its book/page or instrument number as proof of record.
Looking up a Johnson County property
Owner names, parcel numbers and legal descriptions for Johnson County property are searchable at Johnson County Appraiser's Office. A deed or memorandum needs the exact legal description, so pull it from there or from the last recorded deed.
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